# pawa
## English
### Noun

pawa (plural pawas)
* (New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
** 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories"
    One little patch was divided off by pawa shells […]

#### Synonyms

* pāua (New Zealand)
* abalone (US, Australia)
* ear-shell (UK),
* ormer (Guernsey)
* perlemoen (South Africa)

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* WAPA

## Anguthimri
### Noun

pawa
* (Mpakwithi) egg

### References

* Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

## Chamicuro
### Noun

pawa
* field

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From paw (“peacock”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpawa/

### Noun

pawa f
* peahen

#### Declension
### Noun

pawa
* inflection of paw:
** genitive/accusative singular
** nominative dual

### Further reading

* Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pawa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pawa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Makasar
### Etymology

From Xiamen Hokkien 包仔 (pau-á, “baozi”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈwa/, [pʰa.ˈwa]
* Hyphenation: pa‧wa

### Noun

pawa (Lontara spelling ᨄᨓ)
* baozi, a steamed stuffed bun with mixed peanut crumbs, sesame seeds and sugar filling.

#### Affixations

* appawa

### Further reading

* A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎, Brill, →DOI

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* pēa

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pāwō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑː.wɑ/

### Noun

pāwa m
* peacock
** c. 1000, The Wonders of the East‎:Fēnixas habbaþ cambas on hēafde swā pāwan.Phoenixes have crests on their head like peacocks.

#### Declension

Weak:

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

-pawa (infinitive kupawa)
* (dialectal or archaic) Passive form of -pa

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of -pawa :
| Positive present | -napawa |
| Subjunctive | -pawe |
| Negative | -pawi |
| Imperative singular | pawa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kupawa |
| Negative | kutopawa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | pawa |
| Plural | paweni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hupawa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lipawa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kupawa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tapawa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tapawa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sipawe |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngepawa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singepawa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalipawa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalipawa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mepawa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshapawa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -japawa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kipawa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipopawa |
| Consecutive | kapawa / positive subject concord + -kapawa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kapawe |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

pawa
* plural of upawa

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Compare Kapampangan paua.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpawaʔ/ [ˈpaː.wɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -awaʔ
* Syllabification: pa‧wa

### Adjective

pawà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜏ)
* all
    Synonym: lahat

#### Further reading

* “pawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* apaw

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English power.

### Noun

pawa
* power
* strength
* electricity

## Yindjibarndi
### Noun

pawa
* water

### References

* Frank J. F. Wordick, The Yindjibarndi Language (1982)